The process of making my film review for web based media

THE PROCESS OF MAKING MY FILM REVIEW FOR WEB BASED MEDIABy Olivia Gascoine

OPENED TEMPLATE- LAYERS ALREADY CREATED. DECIDED TO START AT THE FOOTER EDITING INFORMATION TO APPLY TO TOTALFILM.COM, MY FILM AND ALLURE ANIMATIONS. ADDED THE TOTAL FILM LOGO I SAVED FROM THEIR WEBSITE. USED THE MAGIC ERASER TOOL TO REMOVE ITS WHITE BACKGROUND.

EDITED THE INFO AT THE BOTTOM APPLYING TO THE PRODUCT. USED THE TEXT ICON TO EDIT THIS.

EDITED THE ABOUT US ADDING MYSELF AS A CEO OF THE COMPANY. REMOVED SOME OF THE SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES THAT I DIDN'T WANT TO BE SHOWN ON MY WEBSITE. ALSO THEN REMOVED THE BLUE TEXT BOX WHICH COMES WITH THE PSD TEMPLATE.

ADDED THE FILM NAME IN BLOCK CAPITALS AND BOLD TO STAND OUT. FOLLOWED CONVENTIONS OF OTHER ONLINE FILM REVIEW WEBSITES. COLOURED THE SECOND SQUARE BOX THE COLOUR OF HER COAT USING THE COLOUR PICKER TOOL HOWEVER WASN'T AN EXACT MATCH- CONSIDERED CHANGING THIS WHICH LATER I DID.

EDITED THE DROP DOWN TOOL BAR AND ADDED LINKS THAT THIS PAGE WOULD LEAD TO SUCH AS RELEASE DATES AND OTHER FILM NOIRS. I ALSO DECIDED I WANTED TO CHANGE THE PINK TEXT BOX TO A MORE SOPHISTICATED AND SIMPLE COLOUR SO USED THE PAINT BUCKET TO CHANGE THE COLOUR.

USED THE TEMPLATE TO HELP BUILD MY OWN DESIGN AND KEEP THE PROFESSIONAL LOOK. USED THE LINES AND MIDDLE BAR TO PRESENT MOST IMPORTANT/KEY INFORMATION. ALSO THEN CHANGED THE TOP BACKGROUND COLOUR TO CREAM INSTEAD OF BLUE, GOES WITH THE STYLE OF MY FILM MORE AND TARGETS A MORE MATURE AUDIENCE.

ADDED KEY INFORMATION I HAD SEEN BEING LISTED ON OTHER WEB FILM REVIEWS AND FOLLOWED CONVENTIONS OF WHAT IS LISTED IN A FILM REVIEW. ALSO ADDED A QUOTE TO GRAB INTEREST AND DRAW READERS IN. I USED A DIFFERENT FONT AND MADE IT BOLD TO STAND OUT ON THE PAGE AND CONTRASTS THE OTHER PIECES OF TEXT. ADDED A IMAGE OF 5 STARS I FOUND ONLINE TO SHOW THE FILMS RATING OUT OF 5. THIS WILL HELP PROMOTE THE FILM. ADDED RELEASE INFORMATION WHICH IS IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO LIST.

CHANGED COLOUR OF RELEASE DETAILS. ALSO ADDED PHOTO OF LINKS & LOGOS OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES, CREATES INTERACTIVITY BETWEEN SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES AND REVIEW. HELPS CREATE A ‘BUZZ’ ABOUT THE FILM. MAKE THE TARGET AUDIENCE FEEL LIKE THEY ARE PART OF THE FILM.

I NOTICED ON TOTAL FILM ON THE SIDE OF THE WEB PAGE LINKS WITH PHOTOS WERE GIVEN. I ADDED MY OWN PHOTOS AND TEXT TO HELP THE AUDIENCE FIND MORE OUT ABOUT BRITISH FILMS AND FILM NOIRS.

ADDED TEXT LONDON FILMS ‘THE BEST OF BRITISH FILMING’. BY CHANGING THE COLOUR OF THE LATER TEXT TO GREY CREATES THE LOOK OF IT BEING A HYPERLINK.

ADDED A MODERN FILM NOIR PHOTOGRAPH AS A SECOND LINK- ADDS MORE INTEREST TO THE PAGE, KEEPS READER ENGAGED.

HERE I ADDED MY TEXT FOR THE REVIEW AND CHANGED THE FONT TO VRINDER A MODERN, FONT WHICH LOOKS STYLISH BUT IS CLEAR TO READ.

HIGHLIGHTED ALL TEXT AND COPY & PASTE INTO WORD TO CHECK FOR ANY SPELLING OR PUNCTUATION ERRORS.

ADDED A ‘MOST POPULAR’ TAB TO SHOW MY POPULAR FILMS OF THIS MONTH AND A ‘POSTED DATE’ WHICH IS ALWAYS SHOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WEB REVIEW.

MY FINISHED FILM REVIEW IN PHOTOSHOP CC. I THEN FLATTENED THE LAYERS TO EXPORT AND SAVE AS A JPEG FILE

WHICH IMAGE?BEFORE I EXPORTED MY REVIEW I THOUGHT ABOUT ANOTHER IMAGE I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE EFFECTIVE AS THE MAIN IMAGE ON THE REVIEW. I DID REALLY LIKE THE IMAGE AND THOUGHT IT SUITED WELL HOWEVER MY ORIGINAL IMAGE WAS MORE ENGAGING, COLOURFUL AND PRESENTED MORE OF THE PROTAGONIST THAN THE OTHER IMAGE.

FINISHED REVIEW PRODUCT-